NTSTATUS 0xC000029A (STATUS_POLICY_OBJECT_NOT

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Description: A policy operation expected an object that is missing from the policy store.

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STATUS_SHARED_POLICY	STATUS_POLICY_ONLY_IN_DS

STATUS_POLICY_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND

An expected policy object does not exist

This status is stronger than an ordinary optional lookup miss: the operation reached a state in which the policy object should exist. The missing object can therefore indicate an incomplete create/delete sequence, stale handle or name, replication/state mismatch, or damaged policy data.

Record the exact policy object identity and the operation that expected it. Re-enumerate through the owning policy API before recreating anything; manually inserting registry or directory data can produce an object that has the right name but lacks associated metadata or security state.

What to inspect

Capture object type, identifier, policy-store location, and the operation that failed.
Re-enumerate the store through the owning API to distinguish stale references from real absence.
Use the component's supported create or recovery path instead of hand-creating policy metadata.

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